A Communion Liturgy The Communion Table is a drama. Jesus tells us that he was broken for us and died for us. The bread, like his body, is broken. The wine, like his blood, is poured out. Jesus has said a great Divine ‘YES’ to everyone, everywhere. And when we eat this bread, and drink... Continue Reading →
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29488949/Nadia%20BW%20Bless%20are%20the...%20Meditation.mp4 With thanks to the excellent team at Holy Ground, Exeter for showing this video recently, and Fr. Simon Rundell SCP for providing it, and of course Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber for writing it in her book 'Accidental Saints'. This has the aroma of Jesus all over it.
Over the years I have mentored and counselled many young men and older-to-middle-aged men on the addictions they have regarding internet pornography. I am convinced this has to be at the centre of all discipleship discussions and in no way shirked by ministers and anyone in leadership responsibility. In every case I have assumed it is... Continue Reading →
The following is a great list to work through with a young in the faith believer; and more to the point, a reminder to the not-so-young in the faith to remember the things that must not be forgotten! No one's perfect, that's why we have grace. And grace is the dynamic aspect that fuels our... Continue Reading →
History is always told from a certain angle or perspective. We're told that history is written by the winners; and that the only thing we ever learn from history is that we never learn from history or that we are condemned to repeat the history we do not know! Even good history is offered from... Continue Reading →
"Although it is commonplace in some circles to talk about "inviting Jesus into your life", it is more appropriate to turn the invitation around the other way because, in fact, it is Jesus who invites us into his life. The essence of the Incarnation is that Jesus has entered into solidarity with humankind in ways... Continue Reading →
"The people encountered in pastoral ministry today are sinners. But they don't look like it, and many of them don't even act like it. They rather look and act and feel like the youth they admire so much, struggling for "identity" and searching for "integrity." A quick theological eye that is able to pick up... Continue Reading →
What joy you gave, from pain so deep; A miracle in progress, a work of art! Flesh of my flesh, not quite but still, You may as well have been. Goodbye my boy! * * * Sometimes a year comes and goes, Lost to the mists of time, forgetful minds and ordinary lives. But 2014... Continue Reading →
Church has always been, and is, and will always be a place of tension, dissension and conflict. Of course, conflict isn't all bad, some is very necessary, but all too often, conflict is done badly - the Old Adam rising to the surface, making demands (without love), speaking the truth (without love), speaking plainly (without love or wisdom)... Continue Reading →
Thoughts of unworthiness can come and go. Sometimes they stay and hover in our mind as though they are the things that matter most, that they are the truth to us being us, or me being me. We lie to ourselves, thinking that this must be what God really thinks about us! Well, I for... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 